Port Angeles: Youths demonstrate over jail death of their friend

PORT ANGELES -- Protesters with hand-made signs stood outside the Clallam County Courthouse on Monday wanting answers for the death of their friend Miles Eli… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Ex-resident awaits word whether she’ll return to 200 miles from Afghanistan

Kazakstan awaits former Port Townsend newspaper reporter Miranda Bryant's return, but the Peace Corps hasn't decided whether she'll go back. The terrorist attacks Sept. 11… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Mill still considering paper-bag production situation

PORT TOWNSEND -- No decision has been made regarding the paper bag-making plant at Port Townsend Paper Corp. Company President John Begley had planned to… Continue reading

Hollywood secrets from a Saint

PORT TOWNSEND -- Actor Cary Grant was the best kisser, director Otto Preminger treated the stars well but not the extras, and Alfred Hitchcock let… Continue reading

Peninsula: Olympic National Park plan meetings resume Tuesday

Public meetings will be held this week in Forks, Neah Bay, Clallam Bay and Seattle to get input on the future of Olympic National Park.… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Council to hear more comment on electricity rate hikes

PORT ANGELES - A proposed electricity rate increase averaging 19.5 percent will be the subject of a City Council public hearing at 6 p.m. Tuesday… Continue reading

Port Angeles: More annexation outreach meetings this week

PORT ANGELES -- City officials on Thursday will hold the second of seven meetings to answer annexation questions. The meeting is scheduled from 6:30 p.m.… Continue reading

Peninsula: Wetter winter weather predicted

Get out your coats and umbrellas, National Weather Service officials are predicting this winter to be wetter than last year on the North Olympic Peninsula.… Continue reading

Peninsula: What will happen when Hood Canal Bridge is closed in 2006?

PORT TOWNSEND -- More than 15,000 vehicles cross the Hood Canal Bridge every day. That number jumps to nearly 20,000 cars, trucks, semitrailers, RVs and… Continue reading

Port Ludlow: Resort changing name to Ludlow Bay

PORT LUDLOW -- What's in a name? A lot, if you're talking about Port Ludlow Resort. It has a new name -- Resort at Ludlow… Continue reading

Sequim: Filing closes for School Board seat

SEQUIM -- Two candidates have filed to run for the Sequim School Board position recently vacated by Mic Sager. Suzi W. Schmidt, 59, of 80… Continue reading

Teen-agers learn film-making at festival

PORT TOWNSEND -- Two groups of Jefferson County teen-agers are learning movie-making as part of the Port Townsend Film Festival. They are taking part in… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Demonstrators rally at Veterans Park to object to war

PORT ANGELES -- Nearly 50 people rallied for peace in Veterans Memorial Park on Thursday. Some carried picket signs; others carried candles. Some opposed any… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Independent inquest considered in jail death

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County Prosecuting Attorney Chris Shea said Thursday he will likely call for an independent investigation of the apparent suicide of a… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Film festival up and running

Pass the popcorn and give two thumbs up for the second annual Port Townsend Film Festival this weekend -- three days of screening 22 films… Continue reading

Sequim: Two candidate file for School Board position

SEQUIM -- Two candidates have filed to run for the Sequim School Board position vacated by Mic Sager. Sharon Tate, of 262 Heuhslein Road, and… Continue reading

Students, community rally around flagpole at Port Townsend High

PORT TOWNSEND -- Businesses are rallying around a flagpole project planned by the senior class of Port Townsend High School. The support has been so… Continue reading

The Darrick Meneken Outdoors Column

Saltwater salmon seasons close from Neah Bay to Port Townsend after Sunday, however, a small area off LaPush remains open until Oct. 21. Seasons in… Continue reading

Victoria: Buzz rises about a Queen Elizabeth visit next year

Buckingham Palace announced that Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip will visit British Columbia next year, and speculation immediately rose in the province's capital that… Continue reading

Clallam: Electricity restored Wednesday after two separate outages

A faulty insulator was likely to blame for a power outage that left the Forks and LaPush areas without power for most of Wednesday morning,… Continue reading